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Advance Voting For Local Primary Begins

Carla Eckels
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Starting at noon on Thursday, advance voting sites in Wichita will be open. Ballots cast in the primary will help narrow the field for city and school board positions. Election officials say they hope to see an uptick in voter turnout. KMUW’s Carla Eckels reports…

According to Sedgwick County Chief Deputy Election Commissioner Sandra Gritz, the 2011 primary -- the last primary in Wichita that included a mayoral vote -- resulted in just under 8 percent voter turnout. The 2013 primary had even fewer people casting ballots.

"There was only a 4.7 percent turnout. Although, there was a significant snowstorm that night before the election," Gritz says. "Obviously, we’d be very pleased to see a higher turnout this year. We are monitoring the forecast and preparing for inclement weather, should it occur, just to make sure all of our polling sites are open and accessible."

There are nine advance voting sites in Wichita and all of them will be open through March 2. A government-issued ID is required to vote. Primary election day is March 3 and the general election is April 7.

For more information on advance voting stations, see the PDF below:

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Carla Eckels is Director of Organizational Culture at KMUW. She produces and hosts the R&B and gospel show Soulsations and brings stories of race and culture to The Range with the monthly segment In the Mix. Carla was inducted into The Kansas African American Museum's Trailblazers Hall of Fame in 2020 for her work in broadcast/journalism.